Football legend “King” Kenny Dalglish has become Sir Kenny as he leads more than 1,000 people receiving gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The former Liverpool striker and manager, 67, is knighted for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. Also honoured are screen stars Emma Thompson and Keira Knightley, ex-University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne and rapper Ms Dynamite. The list is full of hundreds of unsung heroes, from counsellors and a Holocaust survivor to Britain's longest-serving poppy seller. But there are also fatcat bosses of Royal Mail and Network Rail whose gongs are likely to prompt accusations of rewards for failure. Here is the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List in full. Honours in numbers In total, 1,057 people have received an award. Of the total number recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, 210 have been made an OBE, 392 an MBE, and 318 awarded a BEM. There are always rows over gongs for cronies and … [Read more...] about Queen’s Birthday Honours full list for 2018

SEOUL - North Korea is rapidly moving the goalposts for next month's summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, saying the United States must stop insisting it "unilaterally" abandon its nuclear program and stop talking about a Libya-style solution to the standoff. The latest warning, delivered by former North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan on Wednesday, fits Pyongyang's well-established pattern of raising the stakes in negotiations by threatening to walk out if it doesn't get its way. This comes just hours after the North Korean regime cast doubt on the planned summit by protesting against joint air force drills taking place in South Korea, saying they were ruining the diplomatic mood. If the Trump administration approaches the summit "with sincerity" for improved relations, "it will receive a deserved response from us," Kim Kye Gwan, now vice foreign minister, said in a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about North Korea expands threat to cancel summit, saying it will reconsider if U.S. demands country give up nukes

TAYLOR Swift recently sent fans into meltdown after releasing her first single, Look What You Made Me Do, from new album Reputation. By Rishma Dosani Monday, August 28, 2017 Taylor Swift sent fans wild after releasing Look What You Made Me Do [Getty] And the 27 year old dropped the eagerly-anticipated video for the track during the MTV VMA’s, on August 27. Her song caused a huge stir after she appeared to take swipes at a string of famous faces, including Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Katy Perry and ex Tom Hiddleston. However, after the clip aired, viewers flocked to Twitter to discuss one particular scene, which saw the singer sitting in a bathtub full of diamonds. Fans are convinced Taylor Swift made a reference to Kim Kardashian's robbery last year [Getty] Fans were left divided, with some linking this to an ordeal Kim … [Read more...] about Taylor Swift sparks huge backlash from fans as she appears to ‘mock’ Kim Kardashian’s Paris robbery in Look What You Made Me do video

A new book by historian Roger Moorhouse takes a novel approach to telling the story of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s and the dictatorship that followed. He has chosen 100 objects, each representing a different aspect of life in the Third Reich. When put together, these items and the stories behind them provide a broad approach to the complex history of the period. The objects range from extraordinary historical artefacts to mundane household items. From the swastika flags and stiff-armed salutes still used by fascists around the world today, to the Star of David badges, 'striped pyjamas' and gas canisters used to classify, persecute and kill millions of Jews. The book also features quirkier items such as a Hitler action figure for children, Eva Braun's lipstick case and the Fuehrer's personal moustache grooming kit. Each object is accompanied by an essay providing both vital historical context and fascinating bits of trivia. IBTimes UK presents 15 of the 100 objects, … [Read more...] about The history of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany told in a novel way